Physician (Primary Care)

Job Title

Physician Team Leader

Duties

Functions as the Physician Team leader of their Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT), Primary Care Services, Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) setting at (MTVAHCS). May perform additional duties (temporary or permanent) as a float provider [Face-to-Face (F2F), Telephone, or VA Video Connect (VVC)] as those duties are assigned.

Responsible for providing medical care in an outpatient setting following PACT principles. Will routinely provide medical care using F2F, VVC, and/or Telephone appointments. When performing duties as a float provider (F2F or VVC) for remote patients, will provide care to outreach clinics as needed. Float provider duties (temporary or permanent) may require travel to the supported CBOC(s) periodically to cover a provider vacancy.

Assures that Veterans receive compassionate, efficient and safe patient care in their respective care line.

Assures that clinical care provided meets all timelines and required documentation as required by VA. Providers must review alerts daily and have no more than 200 alerts at any given time. They must encounter their notes within 72 hours. Encounter errors must be completed within 7 days.

Participates in multi-disciplinary team meetings to achieve a patient centered, holistic approach for clinical care and needs of the Veteran. This includes daily and weekly huddles with the Physician's respective PACT.

Leads by example. Attend either by Microsoft Teams or in person all Primary Care statewide meetings and whenever possible, participates in the clinical and teaching activities at MTVAHCS Primary Care statewide meetings.

Comply with all VA directives and policies related to space management to achieve optimal resource utilization (space, professional and administrative) to maximize clinic utilization within the PACT model.

Improves quality of care by achieving:

• Excellence in meeting national and Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) 19 patient safety goals.
• Participate in PACT huddles and manage PACT patients' medical comorbidities with the goal to optimize PACT quality improvement efforts and obtain excellence of Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) metrics.

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Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact Jennesa Winey @ View email address on click.appcast.io, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)

Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)

Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Monday through Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm

This is not a virtual position

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Not Authorized